Boardroom door is ajar, but it’s boys only at the top

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Alex Spence

Last updated at 12:01AM, August 28 2012

Britain’s biggest companies may have heeded calls to end the male dominance of
boardrooms, but the glass ceiling remains firmly in place when it comes to
their top executive positions.

Research shows that only four of the 87 executives appointed by FTSE 100
companies in the past two years have been female, despite moves by the
Government to encourage large companies to recruit more senior women.

According to data from BoardWatch,
which tracks appointments, none of the 18 executives who joined FTSE 100
boards this year has been a woman, which experts said showed that companies
are not doing enough